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Day of marriage February 15, 1956

• The temperature on February 15, 1956 was between -19.5 °C and -2.2 °C and averaged -9.7 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
  • March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
  • March 23 » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
  • October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
  • October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
  • December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Day of death July 29, 2002

• The temperature on July 29, 2002 was between 16.1 °C and 31.0 °C and averaged 24.6 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
  • February 12 » The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
  • May 28 » The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
  • June 22 » An earthquake measuring 6.5 M_w strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
  • August 20 » A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
  • September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.

Day of burial August 3, 2002

• The temperature on August 3, 2002 was between 13.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • February 22 » Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
  • March 1 » U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
  • March 29 » In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
  • April 2 » Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
  • November 21 » NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
  • November 22 » In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2001 » Edward Gierek, Polish soldier and politician (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Wau Holland, German computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club (b. 1951)
• 2003 » Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier, founded the Revolutionary United Front (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940)